>You think it's a coincidence that as Jimi gained more control
>over his career his sound came back to his Rhythm and Blues
>influences? That's what I hear in the Band of Gypsys albums,
>and even the Woodstock performance.

He's a blues player first and foremost not an R&B player. Going back to his roots is going back to the blues. His R&B days is where he got his rhythm chops from but he preferred applying that to an edgier sound which played with rhythm the way he played with solos. That was where he wass the most himself, and what Mitch helped him get to the best. Buddy pulled it back to the chitlin circuit days where Jimi was a background player hoping to get a line in. Sure it was his band this time so he could get more than a line in, but it was obviously not going forward for him which is why he fell back to his bread and butter.


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